Totally unexpected I had a workshop on Thursday to explain some ladies what stamping is, what they should expect of stamping, which material one needs and how they can build up a card. They wanted all the tips and tricks and decided to make a card aswell. The played with the markers and both made a very beautiful card. The bird card is with the stamp set Perfectly penned (my favorite by the way), Tweet leaves and it was made to an easel card by using the floral frames. The flower card is with the stamp set flower out of the serie Best of 25 years. And of course the butterflies could not be forgotten, the potpourri papillon set is really a nice set to work with.

Recently Stampin'Up! has presented pretty Thinlits dies, which are really good to use to make special flipover cards. I made a Christmas card with the Label thinlit model. I used grey/blue colours and kept it pretty simple. I just added a snowflake from the Festive Flurry bundle, a text from the Dutch Sentiments and an embossed snowflake background. I love the simplicity of it.

Today Matty surprises us with a very original baby card. She worked also in pink colours and with the Zoo babies. It is a playful card as she made a shaker on it with the Shaker box frames of Stampin'Up! and some little sweet pink pearls. The text is of course from the Dutch Sentiments collection. Which mother of a baby girl would not love to receive such a card?

The envelop punch board is very useful and I love it. The surprise for the ladies of the workshop in Roosendaal was made with it, but also envelop cards can be made very easily with this tool I chose this time for gray/pink colours, the Dutch Sentiments, a little monkey from the Zoo babies series. The monkey is then punched with the Artisan label punch, the text I put on a die from the Thinlits Circle serie.

The holiday tag it bundles to make nice Christmas gifts are still available against a good price till the end of November. I made this gift for the hostess in Roosendaal. As a surprise I put some Christmas washi tape in it and some nice smelling tealights.

Yesterday I had a workshop in Roosendaal with four enthousiastic ladies, who were pretty new on stamping but used to make 3D cards or scraps. So at least they are very creative. They first chose the colour setting and then they all wanted to work with snowflakes. Some with the Snowflake Soiree set, the other with the Festive Flurry. Each of them went home with a very nice card and also a little gift which was made with the envelop punch board.

The envelop punch board is getting my favorite tool to work with. As I was brainstorming with Matty this week about the workshops, their contents and some little surprise boxes we found a very nice tutorial at a creative lady. We tried it out and made this little box with of course a Dutch twist by using the Dutch sentiments on a label which is made with a die from the Thinlits Circle set. I used the smoky slate paper and some leftovers from the DSP block for Christmas. The hole is made with the pretty petites punch. A little ribbon holds is used to close the box.

This time Matty made a very special card which can be send away in a normal envelop and when it is folded differently it is a nice little box. There are a lot of details on this box and most of it is made with the Bug me set. As it is now already at its destination to gratulate the demonstrator Lida Goosen, we can show it to you all.

Recently Stampin'Up! had introduced the envelop punch board, a very handy tool for making envelops, but also little boxes. So I tried it and made a little box which I had seen on Pinterest. You can put sweets, tea or little cards in it. Really in no time from a piece of paper from 15 by 15 centimeter you can make a very nice small box as surprise for somebody.

Although I am making a lot of Christmas cards I made something different today. The same model as I did before but now with pink colours and special design paper so the dress looks like real lace. The little pearls give it a playful accent. The text is really ideal for this card and I adore the Label and Dress up dies. It is very suitable for this easel card.

The stamp set Betsy's Blossoms is ideal to make a card with the triple technique. I chose the colour real red to stamp the big blossom and some where I did not reink so I got a more subtle flower. A few small leaves and a text from the stamp set Happy day to finish the card.

Christmas is coming soon so we all need a pile of cards and of course we make them with Stampin'Up! motives. Matty made one with older stamp sets, the Four seasons which she stamped in gray and blue and where she put the bird in 3D on the card. The text is from Heard from the Heart, which is relativ big so she chose to make a kind of wrap for the card so the receiver gets a really special card.

Today I organised a workshop to explain the Triple technique to some enthousiastic ladies. They all wanted to try it and had some difficulties to chose between all the nice stamp sets from Stampin'Up!. One person started with the Betsy's Blossoms set in deep red colour with a black bird as accent. Of course the snow flakes from the Snowflake soiree set was a favorite too. Even a nice card with hearts was made with the Hearts a flutter set. And as we are now seeing the leaves falling, an other one made a very nice autumn card with the Gently Falling set. And of course the Stippled blossoms is tempting and one needs a stamp-a-magic to make this card in a correct way. The two step method which is used for the Stippled blossoms and the Gently falling card gives your card an extra dimension. Satisfied everybody went home with two beautiful cards.

Tomorrow I have a workshop where I will explain the triple technique. I have some examples with flowers and with a Christmas theme. As I ordered the Gently falling recently with 25% discount, I tried to make a colourful autumn card with it. Those leaves are beautiful to play with in any colour you want, spring colours or autumn, just what you want. The text comes from the Happy day stamp set. Curious what the ladies will make tomorrow.

The snowflake soiree set is a beautiful set to use for the triple technique. Just these stars together with a nice text from the Christmas messages set are the only ingredients for a special Christmas card. Again an example for the ladies who will attend the workshop this Friday where we will work on the triple technique.

This time we want to present you some labels, made by Matty with her Chalk talk dies. She finished them with a small stamp in Indigo blue color and one where she put a Mosaic Madness Christmas ball on it. Ideal for making your packaging and giving it a personal touch.

Finally 1st of November, a holiday for some of us, a working day for others. For Stampin'Up! the launching of the envelop punch board to make beautiful envelops which matches your cards. But this tool can also make other little projects like small and larger boxes for treats or cards. The price is no dilemma, only 22,95 euro (code:133774)